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The Unabomber / Part 2 // 495

2025/4/17
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The hosts recap part one of the Unabomber case, highlighting Ted Kaczynski's background and motivations. They discuss his bombing campaign as a calculated expression of rage against technology and modern society, which he believed were eroding human freedom and destroying the natural world. Despite his hatred for modern systems, he relied on them to carry out his attacks, revealing a deep hypocrisy.
  • Ted Kaczynski's bombing campaign killed three and injured more than 20 people.
  • He saw bombs as a symbolic rebellion against the system.
  • His writings revealed a lack of remorse and a growing desire to cause more harm.
  • He relied on modern tools and family support, undermining his ideal of self-sufficiency.
  • He wanted to create destruction and read about it in a newspaper.

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Part 2 of 2. Starting in 1978, a Montana man murdered three people and injured 23 others during a nationwide bombing campaign. Hiding behind a comfortable upbringing, mathematician degrees from prestigious universities, and his perspective of doing right by the environment, Ted Kaczynski violently opposed modern technology and industrial society. And through a 35,000-word manifesto and multiple horrific attacks -many of which were on innocent civilians- he plead his case. This is the story of the Unabomber.